Muslim leaders refuse to perform funeral prayers for London Bridge attackers-SHAME ON THEM

by Astrid Essed
Saturday Jun 10th, 2017 9:07 PM

In their desire to placate populist public opinion, muslim leaders in England have refused to perform funeral prayers for the London Bridge attackers/They should be ashamed, because refusing to pray for people's soul or to bury them is a grave violation of human and religious values/Besides/Do they refuse to pray for warcriminals too?

MUSLIM LEADERS REFUSE TO PERFORM FUNERAL PRAYERS FOR LONDON BRIDGE ATTACKERS/VIOLATION OF VALUES

SHAME ON YOU! No, I don't mean the three London Bridge Attackers, who recently have made at least 7 deadly victims [and now perhaps more].[1] Because that need not to be stated: Any terrorist attack [a military attack on civilians, with a political purpose] is horrific, anti human and an utter violation of human values.

No, SHAME ON YOU! is directed against the attitude of Islamic religious leaders towards the perpetrators of the London Bridge Attacks, for not wanting to bury them.

Three perpetrators, who were killed by the police.

POLICE/SHOOT TO KILL?/NOT OKAY

Now I am all for self defence and protecting the public [I learnt, that they started stabbing people], but my newsinformation mentioned the police shooting 50 rounds [2] and a question urges me:

Why that much and why deadly? Was it not possible to hit those guys in their legs or even knees? Believe me, that is so painful that they can't stab, or harm anybody anymore. No, it seems to me ''shoot to kill;;; and I don't like that. Not because they are terrorists they have no right to life. That''s my stand.

And even when I am alone in that, I will continue to defend that.

A fair trial, a human treatment to ANYONE, however criminal.

I don't like the statement of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at all, who said, that the police should use any means necessary to protect the public. He even ''complimented'' the police with the quick action [3] And they call him ''progressive'' Strange...

NO The police is bound to use legal, human values and shoot to kill is not one of them.

You can't defend ''our values'' [4] by violating them.

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

But the reason of this comment is the attitude of many, too many Islamic religious leaders, who have declared TO REFUSE TO HOLD ISLAMIC FUNERALS FOR LONDON BRIDGE ATTACKERS OTHERWISE SAID ''WE WILL NOT BURY TERRORISTS'' [5]

Their stand is abominable, disgusting, abhorrent as a violation of religious values.

RELIGIONS OF LOVE AND PEACE

The Islam, as Christianity and Judaism, as all other religions and world philosophies, represent Love, Humanity and Peace. [6]

And there is no justification whatsoever, to break with those principles since the people addressed are ''bad'', ''criminal'' or ''terrorist''

The Good Book [in all religions] say:

Love thy neighbour as yourself.

This is NOT applying to a real love or even friendship: Some people are irritating or indeed, bad.

It means claiming for them the same human rights as for yourself.

Meaning Right on life, freedom of torture, freedom of want [poverty], right on religion, a fair trial and so on.

And ultimately The right to be buried.

It's a shame and disgrace to refuse funeral rites, prayers or a burial.

A religious leader is obliged to give a good example and show assistance to anyone, spiritual and otherwise.

Let those leaders take an example to the International Red Cross [6], that helps anyone, regardless of descent, religion or possible criminality.

Yes, not because the London Bridge Attackers have lost their human values, other people, here the religious leaders, should do the same.

I wonder why those leaders take such an unworthy stand.

Do they think to be popular by the population?

I think, you have to do what's right, not what pleases the people.

Doing what's right means courage, to have the courage to say and do things, which are not popular.

But righteous.

THE BIG POLITICIANS OF THIS WORLD/ WITH BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS WHAT ABOUT THEM?

Moreover:

In killing those people in London [however evil], are those terrorists the most evil people in the world?

What about warcriminals like the Sudanese president Omar Bashir, responsible for the Darfur massacres? People like former president Bush, warcriminal in Afghanistan en Iraq [among else] Prime minister Blair, warcriminal in Afghanistan and Iraq. Prime minister Netanyahu, Israeli warcriminal and oppressor of the Palestinian freedom. [7]

All those politicians [and more], committed far more murders and crimes.

Yet no one wll say ''We won't bury them''

And that would not be right, too

Then why those terrorists, who [not to bagatellise their deeds] don't come close those warcriminals, who are, for a part, also responsible for the rising of political criminal movements like IS? [8]

The religious leaders should take an example from the International Red Cross, that helps any human being, regardless. [9]

So:

An appeal onall Islamic religious leaders in England, who don't want to bury those '''terrorists''

Regain your humanity and dignity and bury those terrorists, who, as we all, have a right to humanity.

By not doing so, the religious leaders thenselves have lost one of the most important values of Islam.

HUMANITY

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